Gardelegen menhir complex
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 29 '8.9 " N , 11 ° 25' 9.5" E | ||
| place | Gardelegen , Saxony-Anhalt , Germany | ||
The menhir complex of Gardelegen is a prehistoric menhir complex in Gardelegen in the Altmark district of Salzwedel , Saxony-Anhalt , which has only survived in remains . It was only recognized as such in the early 1990s.
location
The menhir complex is located a good 3 km south of Gardelegen on the edge of a meadow surrounded by the hospital forest. This point also forms the transition from the sandy terrain to a boggy lowland.
description
The complex still consists of five larger stones, which are numbered 1 to 5 from south to north. The stones 1–4 form a slightly shifted southeast-northwest running row of 17 m length. Stone 5 is 14 m northeast of stone 4. Alternatively, the position of stones 1, 2, 3 and 5 can also be viewed as a section of a circle 30 m long. According to Lothar Mittag, the system could be the rest of a stone circle . Three or four stones are erected; two have bowls (the largest more than 50, another between 30 and 40), another stone shows traces of abrasion.
Stone 1 is round and consists of red granite . It has a height of 1.15 m, a width of 1.0 m and a thickness of 0.5 m. There are several smaller stones between it and stone 2.
The second stone is roughly rectangular and consists of gray-red granite. It has a height of 1.4 m, a width of 1.3 m and a thickness of 0.7 m. There are other smaller stones directly north of this stone.
The third stone tapers upwards and consists of reddish granite. It has a height of 0.85 m, a width of 0.8.4 m and a thickness of 0.6 m.
The fourth stone is irregular in shape and made of red granite. It has a height of 1.3 m, a width of 0.8 m and a thickness of 0.8 m.
The fifth stone is roughly triangular in shape and made of gray granite. It has a height of 1.2 m, a width of 1.1 m and a thickness of 0.8 m.
literature
- Ulf Frommhagen: Archaeological finds from the northern edge of the Trüstedter plateau. In: Archaeological information from the Altmark. Volume 3, 1993, p. 12.
- Johannes Groht : Menhirs in Germany. State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-18-5 , pp. 424–425, 452.
- Lothar Mittag : The Lehnekenstein near Bonese - a prehistoric menhir and the Lehnekenberg near Dahrendorf / Gröningen (Altmarkkreis Salzwedel). In: Hartmut Bock, Barbara Fritsch, Lothar Mittag: Großsteingraves der Altmark . State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt and State Museum for Prehistory, Halle (Saale) 2006, ISBN 3-939414-03-4 , p. 178.